Headlines

* 9,000 More Marines Prepare to Head To Afghanistan
* Supporter of Coup Wins Election in Honduras
* Iran Plans to Build Ten New Uranium Enrichment Plants
* Switzerland Votes to Ban Construction of Minarets
* Obama to Attend Copenhagen Climate Talks; U.S. & China Outline Emissions Cuts
* 18 Anti-Deforestation Activists Arrested in Indonesia
* Israel Orders Partial Settlement Freeze
* Ex-UK Ambassador: Bush and Blair Agreed on Iraq War in April 2002
* Senate Report: U.S. Missed Chance to Capture/Kill Bin Laden in 2001
* Ex-Rebel Leader Wins Election in Uruguay
* Iran Accused of Confiscating Ebadi’s Nobel Peace Prize Medal
* More Americans Depending on Food Stamps and Food Banks
* Four Police Officers Shot Dead Near Tacoma, Washington
* More Headlines…

* Goodman_web
Amy Goodman Detained at Canadian Border, Questioned About Speech…and 2010 Olympics

While traveling to Vancouver, Canada to speak at the Vancouver Public Library at a benefit for community radio stations, Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman and her two colleagues were detained by Canadian authorities. Amy was questioned extensively about the speech she intended to give; their car was gone through by armed border guards, and their papers and laptop computers were scoured. The armed interrogators were particularly interested in whether she would be speaking about the upcoming Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics.[includes rush transcript]
* Lamay-web
WTO Chief Pascal Lamy: Free Trade and Interdependence Help Promote Freedom, Human Rights and Civil Liberties

The World Trade Organization convenes today in Geneva for its seventh ministerial. Investigative journalist Greg Palast files a report from Geneva where he interviews WTO Director General Pascal Lamy to see how much the organization and its priorities have changed over the past 10 years.[includes rush transcript]
* Battle-web
The Battle of Seattle 10 Years Later: Organizers Reflect on 1999 Shutdown of WTO Talks and the Birth of a Movement

Ten years ago, on November 30, 1999, tens of thousands of people from across the country and the world shut down the World Trade Organization talks in Seattle. Police responded by firing teargas and rubber bullets. Hundreds were arrested. On this 10th anniversary, we speak with two organizers of the protests: David Solnit, co-author of “The Battle of the Story of the Battle of Seattle” and Ananda Tan, of the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives.[includes rush transcript]


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